# SOC 2 (2017 TSC) CC6.5 — Asset Disposal - Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc6-5-asset-disposal - Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria (2017, with 2022 points of focus)](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria) › Common Criteria (Security) — CC6 - Last updated: 2026-06-05 - Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com) **SOC 2 (2017 TSC)**·Criterion `CC6.5`·high·Component: **Common Criteria (Security)** ## What this control requires > The entity discontinues logical and physical protections over physical assets only after the ability to read or recover data and software from those assets has been diminished and is no longer required to meet the entity's objectives. > > — SOC 2 (2017 TSC), Criterion CC6.5 ### In plain English The entity discontinues logical and physical protections over physical assets only after the ability to read or recover data and software from those assets has been diminished and is no longer required to meet the entity's objectives. In practice, this means you can prove you logical objectives-level controls on a defined cadence. ## Why it matters Every SOC 2 audit opinion is built control-by-control from the Trust Services Criteria. A missing or failing criterion produces an exception in the report, which buyers, partners and procurement teams read line-by-line during vendor reviews. This control is rated **high**. Auditors expect a named owner, a remediation SLA, and a tooling artefact that evidences continuous operation. ## What an auditor looks for A SOC 2 auditor (under AT-C §§ 105/205) tests both design and operating effectiveness over the audit window. For each criterion they expect a written control, a control owner, a population of events, and a sample tested against the population — including remediation tickets for exceptions. Within **Common Criteria (Security)**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Criterion CC6.5) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles. ## How to implement #### Physical Security **Inheritance.** For cloud-only operations, inherit physical controls from the provider's SOC 2 / ISO 27001 report and document the inheritance in the SoA. ### Operational checklist - **Logical.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Access.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Physical.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Asset.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Security.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Scope:** objectives, disposal, management. ## Evidence to collect - **Identity Scan.** IAM / IdP exports — Entra ID, Okta, IAM Identity Center, Workspace directory — showing accounts, roles, MFA state and last sign-in. - **Infra Scan.** Continuous infrastructure-posture telemetry — AWS Config, Azure Policy compliance, GCP Organisation Policy, Wiz / Prisma findings. Identity analytics (Okta, SailPoint, Access Analyzer) demonstrates least-privilege. Focus: Asset Disposal (Original component: Logical and Physical Access Controls). ## How it maps to other frameworks Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit. - [**ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.8.23** — Web filtering](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-8-23-web-filtering) - [**NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3 3.13.4** — Information in Shared System Resources](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-171-rev-3/3-13-4-information-in-shared-system-resources) - [**BSI C5:2020 PS-04** — Physical site access control](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/bsi-c5-2020/ps-04-physical-site-access-control) - [**CIS Controls v8 9.2** — Use DNS Filtering Services](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/9-2-use-dns-filtering-services) - [**ISO/IEC 27701:2025 A.3.8** — Identity management](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-3-8-identity-management) ## Related controls in SOC 2 (2017 TSC) - [**Criterion CC1.5** — Accountability for Internal Control Responsibilities](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc1-5-accountability-for-internal-control-responsibilities) - [**Criterion CC6.1** — Logical Access Controls](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc6-1-logical-access-controls) - [**Criterion CC6.2** — Access Provisioning](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc6-2-access-provisioning) - [**Criterion CC6.6** — Boundary Protection](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc6-6-boundary-protection) - [**Criterion CC6.8** — Malicious Code Protection](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc6-8-malicious-code-protection) - [**Criterion CC6.3** — Access Modification](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc6-3-access-modification) ## References - [AICPA / ASEC — SOC 2 (2017 TSC)](https://www.aicpa-cima.com/topic/audit-assurance/audit-and-assurance-greater-than-soc-2) - Catalogue identifier: `Criterion CC6.5` Topics: identity accessidentity managementaccess reviewprivileged accessphysical security ## Related compliance guidance - [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): Start with the full SOC 2 implementation guide — scope, roadmap, evidence and how the assessment runs. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): The certificate most non-US customers ask for instead of SOC 2; the controls overlap enough to run one matrix for both. - [HIPAA compliance for SaaS: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/hipaa): If health-tech customers ask for SOC 2, they will also ask about the Security Rule; the two are usually evidenced from the same controls.